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Drawing

c.1850 (made)
Artist/Maker

Full size pen and pencil tracing from a fresco by an early Italian master.
2 figures standing next to each other, the one on the left is a female saint with a halo above her head which is partially coloured in yellow. She is holding a bell tower in her arms and the top part of her dress is coloured in red. The figure on the right has an outfit which has been coloured more with the top part in yellow and the bottom part in orange with a touch on blue in the bottom right corner. They have one hand on their hip whilst the other is leant on the base of a sword with a red handle.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pen and pencil tracing on paper
Brief description
Full-size tracing after a fresco by an early Italian master in an Italian church by Sir Austen Henry Layard. c.1850
Physical description
Full size pen and pencil tracing from a fresco by an early Italian master.
2 figures standing next to each other, the one on the left is a female saint with a halo above her head which is partially coloured in yellow. She is holding a bell tower in her arms and the top part of her dress is coloured in red. The figure on the right has an outfit which has been coloured more with the top part in yellow and the bottom part in orange with a touch on blue in the bottom right corner. They have one hand on their hip whilst the other is leant on the base of a sword with a red handle.
Dimensions
  • Length: 75.7cm
  • Width: 50.3cm
Production typeCopy
Credit line
Presented by Miss Enid Du Cane.
Object history
Presented by the artist's niece, Miss Enid Du Cane, 1913.
Place depicted
Association
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1913, London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1914
Collection
Accession number
E.2068-1913

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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